Gold cannot be exchanged for it, and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.
Proverbs 3:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Happy is a man who finds wisdom and who acquires understanding, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding [drawing it forth from God's Word and life's experiences], American Standard Version (1901) Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. Common English Bible Happy are those who find wisdom and those who gain understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Blessed is the man who finds wisdom and who advances to prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence: |
Gold cannot be exchanged for it, and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.
Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning. The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.
Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it, and it cannot be valued in pure gold.
Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.
One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound wisdom.
All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.
And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it? ”